Playing catch-up

Coachella from Knitty's Summer 2007 edition.
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Done in a coppery shade of NaturLin by Berroco.  Swatched until I got a gauge I liked, then sorted out the numbers I'd need to get the fit I wanted.

Ended up working the numbers for an XL to get the S needed.  Finished in January.

Three skeins of the dark amber shade left over.  Haven't decided what to do with them yet...




Then there was Karma from Wendy Bernard's Custom Knits.
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Done in Louet's Euroflax worsted.  I ended up knitting this top at least twice, due to the frogging on having realized that I had about 3 too many pattern repeats in the peplum.  Eh bien.  Definitely worth it in the end.

Decided to make the straps braided I-cord.  That was a good idea.  Finished in mid-February.

One skein of Berry Red left that has languished for a while...

Next came the silk skirt.  A magic math pattern sorted out on the fly, mostly based on what skirts I had done before & how I wanted this to be different.

Done in Mulberry by Louisa Harding with a twisted rib for the body & dropped stitch ladders going up the back of a short-rowed tail.


Fold-over casing for elastic waist band to keep it up.  Finished knitting in mid-March-ish, sewed elastic in about a month later.

Just started working on the top to go with it.  Going for a matched set, don't you know?


Also about this time, I was sent out with a handful of skeins of Sublime's Bamboo & Pearl DK yarn in a canary yellow to make an eyelet shrug called Mimi.  That yarn is worth punching someone over.  Seriously delightful stuff to flow through your fingers, and feels like a dream knit up.

And there was the Tantric Twist Top made of two skeins of Ella Rae Lace Merino (sock yarn).  Which works, but has no good pictures of it.  It works well as a vest & will work admirably as a close top as well, or at least will once I've got appropriate fasteners for the front & back.

Then for fun & stuff came a "summer scarf" called Laguna from Knitting in the Sun by Kristi Porter.

Quick knit, done holding two strands of Grace Silk & Wool by Louisa Harding.  I like the idea, but not the execution.

I tinkered with the pattern as I went along (as is my wont) and ended up developing rules for a More Righteous Vine.  Because this close-but-not-quite stuff doesn't really cut it for me.

Now working with that 100% linen skein of Berry Red worsted weight yarn from Louet.  Trying to sort out a drop-ladder 'kini/sunning top.  There'll be three or four knits of this puppy before it's all over.  Already done it twice... ^_^

And doing the Mulberry top to go with the skirt.

And a better-er vine scarf.

Hmm... the benefits of being slack: posting a season's worth of stuff in one go makes me feel so accomplished.  Eh bien.